Visa expiry date

[hk blues]

2 hours ago, graham59 said:

I think you will find that strictly speaking, once past Immigration, as a passenger, you are officially no longer 'in-country' . 

This is an interesting perspective - I wonder what would happen if someone committed a crime after passing through Immigration?  Which law would be applied? 

[sonjack2847]

My friend was leaving the day before his visa expired,PAL cancelled the flight and he was given a hotel for the night. When he got to the BI officer at the airport he was refused as he had now stayed longer than 6 months and he spent 2 weeks in Manila doing his exit clearance and biometrics at the BI. Personally I would leave before the day so as you don`t get into bother with the BI. I have heard a story of somebody who got all the way to the boarding and his flight was cancelled, he was told by BI that officially he had left the country so he could have another 3 years and no need to get the re scheduled flight.

It is up to the individual how they leave but I err on the side of caution.

[graham59]

1 hour ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

What is this comment referring to ? 

Sorry. I was trying to be helpful, as with my earlier post, which you did not acknowledge.  

I will desist in future.  

[hk blues]

1 hour ago, sonjack2847 said:

My friend was leaving the day before his visa expired,PAL cancelled the flight and he was given a hotel for the night. When he got to the BI officer at the airport he was refused as he had now stayed longer than 6 months and he spent 2 weeks in Manila doing his exit clearance and biometrics at the BI. Personally I would leave before the day so as you don`t get into bother with the BI. I have heard a story of somebody who got all the way to the boarding and his flight was cancelled, he was told by BI that officially he had left the country so he could have another 3 years and no need to get the re scheduled flight.

It is up to the individual how they leave but I err on the side of caution.

Another interesting one - I wonder what would happen if you decided not to take the flight after having passed through Immigration? Would they allow you simply to come back in and start a new 3 year stint?  

[Jollygoodfellow]

6 hours ago, graham59 said:

Sorry. I was trying to be helpful, as with my earlier post, which you did not acknowledge.  

I will desist in future.  

As you did not quote anything I was not sure what you were referring to. Sorry if I did not acknowledge your post but often l read quickly and move on as have things to do, doesn't mean I did not appreciate it. 

[GeoffH]

15 hours ago, hk blues said:

I wonder what would happen if you decided not to take the flight after having passed through Immigration? Would they allow you simply to come back in and start a new 3 year stint?  

Not exactly the same thing but SWMBO and I were held up at Manila airport when we tried to go through immigration delaying us long enough that we missed the plane (it was her first time exiting the country and they made her do an interview which took ages).

 But here’s the thing my passport had already been stamped as exiting the country (like you are suggesting) and I had to wait and see someone else in immigration who cancelled the exit stamp before I could leave the ‘passed through immigration’ side of the gates.

So I don’t think you could because your exit stamp would be cancelled (also you’d have no re entry stamp).

[sonjack2847]

18 hours ago, hk blues said:

Another interesting one - I wonder what would happen if you decided not to take the flight after having passed through Immigration? Would they allow you simply to come back in and start a new 3 year stint?  

I suppose it depends on the BI officer and how good a day he/she is having. I have only heard of this once in 8 years but stranger things have happened.

[gabgab]

On 7/20/2019 at 8:25 AM, Jollygoodfellow said:

My visa expires on the 20th of August

I have found a flight out at a reasonable price but the date available is the 20th. So my question is the visa still valid until midnight the 20th? That's the way I see it but ....

Anyone flown out on the same date as the expiry ?

 

Yes I have done it twice this year, you can pass immigration on the 20th at any hour.

My flight was actually scheduled for after my visa expires (1:30AM), but I passed through at about 11PM (one hour before my visa expires).

One thing to consider though, is that if your flight is significantly delayed, you will not be able to get to immigration on time since you need to check into the flight first. I don't know what's immigration's stance on this type of "it's not my fault" situation.

Edited July 22, 2019 by jimdones